Not to mention he had a restricted preseason due to ankle surgery. It makes sense that they would be very cautious. The fact of the matter is that Matt80 is trying to manufacture a case that Tom a Mitchell is out of favour with Longmire. As we've seen Horse is loathe to change a winning team unless forced to by injury. Unfortunately, when spots did open up, Tom was not available due to injury or inadequate reserve time. Those are the facts according to both reality and unambiguous statements from Longmire himself.
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I reckon Laidler would be pretty happy about that as wellThe difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.Comment
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Not to mention he had a restricted preseason due to ankle surgery. It makes sense that they would be very cautious. The fact of the matter is that Matt80 is trying to manufacture a case that Tom a Mitchell is out of favour with Longmire. As we've seen Horse is loathe to change a winning team unless forced to by injury. Unfortunately, when spots did open up, Tom was not available due to injury or inadequate reserve time. Those are the facts according to both reality and unambiguous statements from Longmire himself.
Tom would come into the system and play a great role as part of the three slower inside midfielder paced system. He would feed great handballs out to the likes of Jetta and McGlynn, win plenty of contested ball and deliver 6-10 tackles.Comment
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I don't know where this myth comes from that Mitchell is slow. Certainly not the opinion of his coach.
Longmire put any question on Mitchell leaving to bed yesterdayYou don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby ZieglerComment
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I have a view that the Craig Bird signing will affect another players potential place in the Swans senior team and expressed that view in detail.Comment
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Mods, yet another Matt80 hijacking is taking place here.
Do I have to 'ignore' every thread he enters with his repetitive crap?Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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No, they don't. If that is what RWO'ers want to say, and it within the forum rules, so be it.
Back OT, I am very happy that Bird has re-signed. He has a great, FAST, inside game. I also view him has as having a pretty good kick. I am not concerned when Craig has the ball in his hands."Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017Comment
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I expect that the Swans coaching staff and most of the fans would have heaved a sigh of relief when Bird agreed to re-sign. That just leaves one of our most influential players unsigned and I hope Mal's leaving is just more Victorian make believe. Both would be in the top 10 selected each week.
Laidler came cheap with no real expectations but he's certainly played up to the standard required by one of the best teams in the competition so it's great that he's staying.
Outside the topic of the thread, the Mitchell furphy was completely put to rest by Horse.
"Is Mitchell leaving?"
"He's a contracted player so no."
"But he doesn't get many games."
"He has been injured and has had restricted training - you need to be able to train to play. When he's trained we expect him to be an important Swans player."
Of course, the unasked question was: "does he have electric pace?"
I'd guess the answer might be: "he gets heaps of the ball and his disposals travel faster than a player can run so yes."
(That'd be the answer of a coach who, elsewhere, seems happy that Lewis Jetta is now down to 110 Volts but has very effective disposal - preferring that over the earlier Jets who ran like the wind and kicked behinds.)Comment
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Is Matt80 the Ryan Crowley of RAWOnline? Or the Andrew Bolt? I'm loving it, Matt80. You clearly frame your opinions as your opinions, and they are always entertaining. And you are spot on, I reckon, about pace and tackling as the key performance indicators that matter.Comment
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